Well, another year of SXSW has come and gone with tons of panels, swag bags and, of course, live music. This year, seven different Old Pueblo artists headed to the festival to show off the diversity of Tucson’s music scene. Playing alongside national and international acts for crowds of folks devoted to live music certainly had some perks for local bands this year, while some played official showcases and others were added on to unofficial events.
To find out more about Tucson’s showing at SXSW 2016, check out the March 24 issue of Tucson Weekly. Until then, though, here are some of the best things I saw at SXSW 2016:
This article appears in Mar 17-23, 2016.
Just a quick note…Dawn Richards isn’t an “up and comer” if this is indeed the same Dawn from Diddy’s 2 groups ‘Danity Kane’ and ‘Dirty Money’…